yang
Noun: 1. The bright, active, masculine principle in Chinese philosophy: In traditional Chinese cosmology and philosophy, "yang" represents one of the two fundamental, complementary forces (the other being "yin") that make up all aspects of life and the universe. It is associated with qualities such as light, sun, heat, activity, masculinity, positivity, and expansion.
The word "yang" is almost exclusively used in the context of Chinese philosophy, medicine, or culture, and is typically paired with its counterpart, "yin," to describe a state of balance or duality. - It functions as a mass noun (uncountable). - It is often found in the fixed, hyphenated pair "yin-yang" or in the phrase "yin and yang."
- In traditional Chinese medicine, health is believed to depend on the balance between yang and yin energies in the body.
- The concept of yang encompasses qualities like daylight, summer, and fire.
- The symbol for yang is the white, swirling section within the classic yin-yang circle.
- The yang to (someone's/something's) yin: Used metaphorically to describe a person or thing that is the direct, complementary opposite of another, forming a complete pair.
- Her calm, methodical nature was the perfect yang to his impulsive and energetic yin.
- Yin-yang (noun): The interconnected, complementary duality of yin and yang, often symbolized by the taijitu (☯) symbol.
- The yin-yang symbol illustrates how opposites are interconnected.
- Yang is sometimes used attributively (like an adjective) before other nouns.
- yang energy, the yang principle
- Active principle
- Positive force (in the specific philosophical context of duality, not in the sense of "good")
- Yin (noun): The dark, passive, feminine principle that is complementary to yang.
- Dualism (noun): A concept in which reality is composed of two fundamental, opposing principles.
- Taijitu (noun): The symbol (☯) representing the yin-yang concept.
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the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology
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yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence
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